Mounting structure of exterior belt

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9821638-B2
Application number	US-201615077499-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 22, 2016
Priority date	Jan 12, 2016
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

Abstract

A mounting structure of an exterior belt is provided. The structure includes a frame and an end piece, and a door is coupled with an outer panel having a mounting aperture formed exterior an inner panel. Additionally, a first clip is formed at the end piece, and has a protrusion and a first slit formed at a front of the protrusion. A second clip is slidably coupled to the first clip and has a protruding portion. The second clip is inserted into the mounting aperture when the protruding portion is fitted into the first slit, and when one end thereof comes into contact with the inner panel when the protrusion is inserted into the mounting aperture, the other end thereof is moved backward toward the first clip, to restrict the first clip in the mounting aperture.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mounting structure of an exterior belt, comprising:
a frame and an end piece coupled to each other while the end piece is fixed to an outer panel of a door to expose the frame to an exterior, wherein the door coupled with the outer panel includes a mounting aperture formed exterior an inner panel;
a first clip formed at the end piece to be inserted into the mounting aperture, the first clip having a protrusion that extends from a surface thereof and a first slit formed at a front of the protrusion; and
a second clip slidably coupled to the first clip and having a protruding portion that extends from a surface thereof,
wherein the second clip is inserted into the mounting aperture when the protruding portion is fitted into the first slit, and when a first end of the second clip comes into contact with the inner panel of the door when the protrusion is inserted into the mounting aperture, a second end thereof is moved backward toward an inside of the first clip, and the protrusion increasingly protrudes by movement of the protruding portion to restrict the first clip in the mounting aperture.

2. The mounting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the first clip includes a second slit additionally extending in forward and backward directions from the first slit to cause the protrusion to be elastically deformed when increasingly protruding.

3. The mounting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the protrusion has an inclined surface formed at each of front and rear sides thereof.

4. The mounting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the protruding portion has an inclined surface formed at each of front and rear sides thereof.

5. The mounting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the second clip includes a third slit to cause the protruding portion to be elastically deformed when being fitted into the first slit.

6. The mounting structure according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second clips has a square pipe shape while including two lateral side surfaces between upper and lower surfaces thereof.

7. The mounting structure according to claim 6 , wherein the protrusion is formed at each of the upper and lower surfaces of the first clip, and the protruding portion is formed at each of the upper and lower surfaces of the second clip.

8. The mounting structure according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a guide protrusion formed at one of an inner surface of the first clip and an outer surface of the second clip; and
a guide aperture into which the guide protrusion is fitted is formed at the other of the inner surface of the first clip and the outer surface of the second clip.

9. The mounting structure according to claim 8 , wherein the guide aperture includes a first guide aperture disposed adjacent to a second guide aperture.

10. The mounting structure according to claim 9 , wherein the guide protrusion is fitted into the first guide aperture when the protruding portion is disposed at the first slit, and the guide protrusion is fitted into the second guide aperture when the protruding portion moves to allow the protrusion to increasingly protrude.

11. The mounting structure according to claim 6 , wherein the protrusion includes a fixing groove formed at the rear side thereof to fit an edge portion of the mounting aperture into the fixing groove after the protrusion is inserted into the mounting aperture.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nam Yong-Hyun

Classifications

• B60J5/0411 Primary

  Beltline · CPC title

• B60J10/36

  using separately inserted fastening means, e.g. using clips, beads or strips · CPC title

• B60R13/06 Primary

  Sealing strips (sealing arrangements for vehicle windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors, or similar devices B60J10/00) · CPC title

• F16B5/126

  at least one of the sheets, plates, bars or strips having integrally formed or integrally connected snap-in-features · CPC title

• F16B21/086

  the shank of the stud, pin or spigot having elevations, ribs, fins or prongs intended for deformation or tilting predominantly in a direction perpendicular to the direction of insertion · CPC title